The Man, The legend, Marty McFlyAKA Micheal J Fox

[Brodie]

Watching Scrubs tonite, and the guy is on. Now, if any of you watch the news, you know Micheal J Fox has Parkinsans (sp), and had this whole research thing to help find a cure. The last interview he had, he was shaking, and looked very, very bad. But I'm sitting back in bed, waiting for the night to pass, for a few more days to go by so I can get my new kicks, and my new Ninja Turtles fleece blanket, and I start watching Scrubs, funny show on it's own. But who walks across the screen? Marty Mc-frickin-Fly.He looked amazing, I mean, you can tell the Parkinsans was setting in, but it was minimal. He wasn't shaking that bad, sure, he was moving a lot, and is still (It's still on), but it was so great to see him looking better.

So, basically, I guess this is a question about what do you guys think about it, or know anyone with the disease, or how Marty-boy is handling it, or what his current status is?

[That Matt Guy]

I dunno. I saw him on Conan O'Brien a few weeks ago, he seemed fine.

[Brodie]

Maybe he actually did find a way to slow down the disease or something?

[ZariusTwo]

The guy is one of the toughest actors in the profession, I'm proud he continues to improve with each of his rare apperances

[Mars-Chan]

Agh...you HAD to get me started. :| We are discussing the types of brain...stuff in General Psyce and, of course, Parkinsons disease came up. One of the guys thought it was because of taking non-prescribed drugs...which we all know is not true at all. :roll:


Here's a tidbit on it:
Parkinson disease (PD) is a slowly progressive disease of the nervous system. There are about 1.2 million PD patients in the United States and Canada, 3500 patients/ million people. The incidence, new patients diagnosed/year is approximately 480 PD patients/million people. The peak onset is age 60 years. PD affects 1% of people age 60+ years, 2% of people age 70+ years. However, PD is not just a disease of middle or old age: 15% of PD patients are 50 years or less, 10% are 40 years or less, and PD appears in teen-agers (juvenile PD). PD affects men more than women: 55 men/45 women. PD affects Caucasians more than people of color. PD progresses from diagnosis to major disability over 10 - 20 years. Most symptoms are improved by levodopa (given as Atamet or Sinemet) .

The webpage I found this information is this:
www.parkinson.org

[raphael90]

It saddens me when I think of how this came upon such a cool actor...at least he's not taking it sitting down. Parkinsons is just one of the diseases that I hope we can learn to cure...

[DarthRaphael]

That role on Scrubs fit him perfectly. I think the character was designed around him so it seemed like the effects of the disease were part of the characters personality. He did look like someone who was obsessive-compulsive.

[dcs745]

You HAVE to read his autobiography "Lucky Man". It's an incredible book, describing an incredible journey.

As for the drugs issue, Michael J. Fox IS on an L-dopa prescription, but I believe that he does interviews ABOUT Parkinson's unmedicated, so that people can see what he is talking about.

There's also the fact that he has on days and off days... the drugs, unfortunately, wear off.

As a Psychology graduate, I find Parkinson's very interesting. There is, as yet, no cure, but there has been some encouraging research with patients whose P.D. was caused by drug abuse. This is one of the fields where stem cell / embryonic tissue research looks to offer a great deal of hope for the future... if we can ever sort out the political and ethical issues around it.

(Hope no-one minds me commenting...)

[Brodie]

Don't mind at all. I just wish it could have happened to a person everyone hates, instead of one everyone likes. Like.....Garey Coleman.

[raphael_is_cool]

You mean the guy that has the growth problem and attempted suicide twice?

[Brodie]

This man.

http://headworks.net/simpsons/photo/Images/Pictures/garycoleman.gif

"Whatcho' Talkin' 'bout, Homer."
"Whatcho' Talkin' Bout, Everyone!"

[Mondo J. Gecko]

I just wanna say that that episode of Scrubs last night rocked.... Micheal J. Fox is one of my favourite actors (he's also canadian!!) Scrubs just happens to be one of my favourite shows and Having Micheal J. Fox on last night kicked butt..... it was a great episode.... That quote on Brodies Sig was a great line from one of the episodes.... another good one was:
MJF : "Hey JD, yu wanna go get a beer??"
JD : "Do chickens want to fly??"
MJF : "I don't really know"
JD : "Well I like to think they do"
MJF : "Ya, Me too"

Good stuff good stuff.... I'm so glad to see Micheal J. Fox Acting agian... he is a great Actor and a wonderful role model for those with Parkinsans...

[raphael_is_cool]

That's harsh that everyone hates him..poor guy

[Brodie]

I'm sure not everyone hates him. Just a majority. Mostly because he makes a habit of jumping on cars and not letting people go driving.

[raphael_is_cool]

Huh? Enlighten me

[Brodie]

The guy is nutso. He worked as a security guard, and hopped on a few peoples cars and wouldnt let them leave or anything.

[Jephael]

You HAVE to read his autobiography "Lucky Man". It's an incredible book, describing an incredible journey.

I got that book. It's a really good read. Michael J. Fox is my favorite actor of all time!

[Machias Banshee]

It still blows my mind that he's related to Martin and Charlie Sheen... :o

[Jephael]

::nearly spits out milk:: Whoa! He is?

[Mars-Chan]

:o
Come again?!?!! :teek:

[Jo Dawn]

Now, I had heard that before... but it is evading my memory as to exactly how he is related to them...

It's still a shock to hear, though...

[Leo15]

What about Hepatitis B? Anyone know info about it?

[Machias Banshee]

Yeah! lemme see if i can find it...


Martin Sheen's real name is Ramon Estevez.

Father of
Charlie Sheen (Carlos Irwin Estevez )
Emilio Estevez

http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0000640/bio

I'll try to find the thing with Michael...